Cinquain And Clerihew
A five-line and a four-line poem.
Cinquain
Easy lift
Now is a gift
Thank you for being swift
We do better without a rift
No shift
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Clarihew
Denise Claire Estey Lindquist
is never to be kissed
by her hubby John
when he is chewing snuff or out on the lawn.
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The American cinquain is an unrhymed, five-line poetic form defined by the number of syllables in each line — the first line has two syllables, the second has four, the third six, the fourth eight, and the fifth two (2–4–6–8–2). Bing
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The first line in a clarihew is the name of the poem’s subject, usually a famous person, and the remainder puts the subject in an absurd light or reveals something unknown or spurious about the subject.
The rhyme scheme is AABB, and the rhymes are often forced. The line length and meter are irregular.
Clerihews are not satirical or abusive, but they target famous individuals and reposition them in an absurd, anachronistic or commonplace setting. Bing
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First published by Mercury Press on medium.com
About the Creator
Denise E Lindquist
Retired, working part-time as a Native American culture consultant. I have an MSE, and an ABD. I write on Vocal, and Facebook. Poetry, non-fiction mostly, and working on fiction. Wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
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